Barbaric means uncultured, uncivilized. Semi-barbaric means almost completely uncultured, almost completely uncivilized. The prefix semi means half, as in semicircle and semi-autobiographical.. Views.
Fort Hood shooting: gunman among 4 dead. FORT HOOD, Texas - A soldier being treated for mental health issues opened fire Wednesday with a semiautomatic weapon at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding several others before taking his own life as a military policewoman confronted him, officials said.
Fort Hood, which lies between Austin and Dallas in Texas, is named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. Fort Bragg, about 55 miles south of Raleigh in eastern North Carolina, is named after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia, is named after Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning, who was a Confederate army officer during the Civil War.